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Title: David Bailey/Birth of the Cool: 1957-1969 by Martin Harrison, David Bailey ISBN: 0-670-88818-4 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: September, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $60.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.43 (7 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Goodbye Baby, and Amen
Comment: In this collection of greatest hits by Swinging London plankholder David Bailey, we get:
Celebrities of the time, including pop artists, pop intellectuals, TV presenters, English film stars, and the emerging British rock glitterati. Of these last Mick Jagger appears the most frequently, evolving from A Portrait Of A Famous Person Taken By David Bailey to the most notorious man in show business by the end of the decade. A close second is fading golden boy Brian Jones. Among the more conventional celebs are Terence Stamp, Michael Caine, and Peter Sellers. Stamp is so young and unformed here that it is hard to recognize him at first; Caine is reduced to a pipe & black frame glasses Everyman; and Sellers' portrait looks like a Roman bust.
Documentary pictures of potato-nosed East Enders, including plenty of studio portraits of crime bosses the Kray brothers. Bailey won their respect for having come from the East End himself and achieving success. But, one photo shows the Kray twins with Bailey sitting in between, visibly hoping not to get bumped off.
Lots of images of the original super-model, Jean Shrimpton, mostly from Vogue layouts but also plenty from other photo dates as well. There is also a generous helping of photographs of model Penelope Tree, whose face Bailey aptly described as "an Egyptian Jiminy Cricket." We also see lots of other perfectly turned out Vogue models.
There are some exotic shots of Nepal and some snaps from his military service in Singapore, but the focus is in the main on early Sixties London. Though the book is not arranged chronologically, one can see his technical development, as he incorporates other photographers' ideas like askew framing, daylight flash, and tent lighting. There is a color section, but gorgeously inky b/w is the star here. Many of the subjects have been shorn of the celebrity that no doubt added to their portraits' impact, but that's no barrier to enjoying this big collection.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Look
Comment: Bailey birthed the look and this book is chock a block full of it. It's a visual feast with very littly written clutter. A pity that there just wasn't a bit more...
Rating: 4
Summary: Trip Back in Time
Comment: If your'e looking for a book to take a trip back to the late 50's through the 60's this is a good way to get there. The fashion and ad shots of Jean Shrimpton and other models of that era are a kick. Anyone into nostalgia of those times will find this book interesting, David Bailey seemed to be ahead of his time in his style and his photos are thought provoking as well as great pieces of art. He had some great friends (male and female) that became his subjects. I wish there was a book #2 to follow--this book made me want to see more of his work!
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Title: David Bailey's Rock and Roll Heroes by David Bailey, Neil Spencer, Larry Bailey ISBN: 0821223925 Publisher: Bulfinch Pub. Date: May, 1997 List Price(USD): $37.50 |
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Title: David Bailey: Chasing Rainbows by Robin Muir, David Bailey ISBN: 0500542414 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Pub. Date: 26 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $60.00 |
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Title: Brandt by Bill Jay ISBN: 0810941090 Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Pub. Date: October, 1999 List Price(USD): $75.00 |
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Title: Swingin' Chicks of the 60's by Chris Strodder ISBN: 0768322324 Publisher: Cedco Inc. Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: Ready, Steady, Go: The Smashing Rise and Giddy Fall of Swinging London by Shawn Levy ISBN: 0385498578 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 23 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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